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Open Access Bibiography: Zenon at the DAI
[First posted in AWOL 12 July 2009. Updated 7 December 2012] ZENON DAI [Zentraler Online Katalog]The DAI compiles some of the most important bibliographies on archaeology:Archaeological...
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CONF: Ancient Greek Myth and Modern Conflict in World Fiction
Seen on the Classicists list: Ancient Greek Myth and Modern Conflict in World Fiction since 1989 This conference kindly funded by and hosted at the British Academy, July 5th and 6th 2012, is...
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Reviews from BMCR
2012.01.06: Casper C. de Jonge, Between Grammar and Rhetoric: Dionysius of Halicarnassus on Language, Linguistics and Literature. Mnemosyne, Supplements 301. 2012.01.05: Cynthia W. Shelmerdine, The...
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As Bad as Mythicism: Jesus as Caesar
Mythicism is just one of several categories of implausible claims that one will encounter in connection with Jesus. The Life of Antoninus Pius has a blog post about another one, that proposed by...
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Temple of Zeus (Agrigento) Not For Sale
From ANSA comes a story that’s probably not surprising, given what’s going on in Italy: The mayor of the Sicilian city of Agrigento said Thursday that he would not sell one of Italy’s prime...
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Bust in Turkey
From Today’s Zaman: Police have found a statue of Aphrodite that has been missing for years and dates back to the third century B.C. in Kırşehir. When Anti-Smuggling and Organized Crime Bureau teams...
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Free labor by academics so that commercial publishers can make a profit
This allegory is from "Time for academics to withdraw free labor", on Dorothy Bishop's BishopBlog:Jack is a sheep farmer. He gets some government subsidies,and also works long hours to keep his sheep...
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ED: Paros Project 2012
Seen on the Classicists list: The Paros Project 2012 Call for Students and Volunteers for research and study on the island of Paros, Greece June 18-29, 2012 GENERAL INFORMATION The Paros and Cyclades...
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CFP: Approaches to Ancient Medicine 2012
Seen on the Classicists list: Call for Papers APPROACHES TO ANCIENT MEDICINE 20-21 August 2012 Continuing the annual series held at Newcastle, Reading, Cardiff and Exeter since 2000, the 2012...
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Visit Yasemin's Kitchen
My friend Yasemin Ari has a relatively new blog. At Yasemin's Kitchen: Mediterranean Recipes with a Turkish Flair Yasemian stirs up a wonderful mixture of Turkish food and lore. When I first met...
View ArticleAncient Astronaut Enthusiast Defends Sitchin
Some readers know about my website devoted to demonstrating the nonsense put forth by Zecharia Sitchin. Part of that site includes an open letter to Sitchin (now deceased of course) and his...
View ArticleJerusalem in Video: 1896-2012
A bit of historic footage from Jerusalem in 1896 has appeared on YouTube (HT John Byron):Click here to view the embedded video.And from Dănuţ Mănăstireanu, the first in a planned series of videos from...
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2012 AIA Annual Meeting Breaks Attendance Record
The AIA has set a new record for attendance at Annual Meeting, with 3,200 registrants, the highest number since the last record year of 1996. Congratulations to all AIA members for helping to make this...
View ArticleAnd Now For Something Completely Different – Extispicy
The follow is from the Bārûtu: Manzāzu Commentary 1, tablet 2 according to the colophon on Rm 2, 103 i:17. BE SILIM MÁŠ ina UGU MÁŠ e.ṣir šá ana SIG5 u ḪUL DUG4-ú IGI.MEŠ-šá ana 15 šá GAR.MEŠ-ma SIG5...
View ArticleWhere are the Transitional Fossils?
Click here to view the embedded video.A useful video from the BioLogos foundation. Please share it with any young-earth creationists or other antievolutionists you happen to know!
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Portable Antics in 2011
.Statistical analysis of the database for Saturday 1st January 2011 until Sunday 1st January 2012 Total records from artefact hunting: 50,032 (66067 objects). The Heritage Action Artefact Erosion...
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Comment spam
The site’s been under a spambot attack over the weekend, so apologies if you’ve been getting notification emails over posts that you may have been following. I’ve cleaned up the spam and put in some...
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Rivka Ulmer, "Psalm 22 in Pesiqta Rabbati"
ESSAY AT THE BIBLE AND INTERPRETATION WEBSITE:Psalm 22 in Pesiqta Rabbati: The Suffering of the Jewish Messiah and JesusChapter from The Jewish Jesus Revelation, Reflection, Reclamation (Purdue...
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Wall Mile 41
It is worth pointing out now that, for those who want an easier life, suffer from vertigo, or just love Roman roads to the point where they are beyond all reason and help, the Military Way can be...
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2012.01.07: The Ruin of the Eternal City: Antiquity and Preservation in...
Review of David Karmon, The Ruin of the Eternal City: Antiquity and Preservation in Renaissance Rome. Oxford; New York: 2011. Pp. ix, 320. $65.00. ISBN 9780199766895.
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